1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football
National champion (CFRA)
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 35–19 vs. Oregon State
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record9–1 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPKen Ploen
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Iowa $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 7 Michigan 5 2 0 7 2 0
No. 12 Minnesota 4 1 2 6 1 2
No. 9 Michigan State 4 2 0 7 2 0
No. 15 Ohio State 4 2 0 6 3 0
Northwestern 3 3 1 4 4 1
Purdue 1 4 2 3 4 2
Illinois 1 4 2 2 5 2
Wisconsin 0 4 3 1 5 3
Indiana 1 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 Iowa Hawkeyes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Iowa in the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hawkeyes were champions of the Big Ten Conference and beat the Oregon State Beavers in the 1957 Rose Bowl, a rematch of a regular season game.

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Ken Ploen with 386 passing yards, Ploen with 487 rushing yards, Ploen with 873 total yards, and Jim Gibbons with 255 receiving yards.[1] Tackle Alex Karras was selected as a first-team All-American.

  1. ^ "1956 Iowa Hawkeyes Stats". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2017.